Shillong: Police arrested a man who falsely claimed on social media that electronic voting machines can be manipulated.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) FR Kharkongor said on Saturday the man arrested in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district showed that pressing any button on an EVM gives a vote to the BJP.
The man, identified as Bolong R Sangma, had on February 16 shared the clip, alleging that EVMs were manipulated, he said.
Sangma was arrested after the returning officer of Rongjeng assembly constituency filed a police complaint, he added.
A case was filed against him under IPC section 171G, which deals with false statement in connection with an election, Kharkongor said.
EVMs or electronic voting machines are tamper-proof and go to factory reset mode if any manipulation is attempted, he said, adding that numerous safeguards are present at every level.
PTI with superficial editing